A good side-on action will help a bowler to swing the ball away from the bat. The pitch: Green tops favour bowlers ... off the wicket if the pitch is cracked. You may have seen cricket commentators ...

Rishabh Pant was declared fit by the National Cricket Academy (NCA ... "It didn't feel like he was batting after a long time. The bat swing was vintage." Amre was quoted in a press release ...

A cricket bat is flat rather than cylindrical ... who use pace as their weapon, through to swing, seam and spin bowlers who try to make the ball change its course to outwit the batsman.